The Besieged Fortress (2006)
La Forteresse assiégée
A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.
- Date of release
- 2006-11-22
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary, War, History
- Director
- Gérard Mordillat
Casting
- Patrick Mille — Charles-Henri Mondel
- Jacques Pater — Commandant Teyssier
- François Cluzet — Napoléon III
- Virginie Ledoyen — Impératrice Eugénie
- Bertrand Constant — Adjudant Schmidt
- Marc Lefebvre — Soldat français
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